Publications and communications of Natzi Sakalihasan

MUSUMECI, L., Eilenberg, W., Pincemail, J., Yoshimura, K., & Sakalihasan, N. (29 November 2022). Towards Precritical Medical Therapy of the Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. Biomedicines, 10 (12), 3066. doi:10.3390/biomedicines10123066

Minga Lowampa, E., Kerzmann, A., Aubry, M., DESIRON, Q., BOESMANS, E., Sakalihasan, N., & Defraigne, J. (25 November 2022). TREATMENT OF BLUNT AORTIC ISTHMUS RUPTURE: 20-YEARS SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE. Paper presented at Paris Vascular Insights (PVI), Paris, France.

Tchana-Sato, V., Koch, J.-N., Ancion, A., Albert, A., Minga Lowampa, E., Burelli, M., Defraigne, J.-O., & Sakalihasan, N. (2022). Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Heart Transplant Recipients: New Insights from a 30-year Experience at a Single Center. Annals of Vascular Surgery. doi:10.1016/j.avsg.2022.05.038

Kerzmann, A., Maes, N., Krzesinski, J.-M., Sakalihasan, N., & Defraigne, J. (22 June 2022). Renal function after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Paper presented at 70th European Society for Cardiovascular and Endovascular Surgery Congress and 7th International Meeting on Aortic Diseases, Liege, Belgium.

Minga Lowampa, E., Kerzmann, A., Michel, A., DESIRON, Q., BOESMANS, E., Sakalihasan, N., & Defraigne, J. (22 June 2022). Treatment of blunt aortic isthmus rupture: 19-years single center experience. Paper presented at ESCVS 2022.

Kerzmann, A., Maes, N., Krzesinski, J.-M., DESIRON, Q., BOESMANS, E., Sakalihasan, N., & Defraigne, J.-O. (June 2022). Renal Function after Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair. Aorta, 10 (S1), 079. doi:10.1055/s-0042-1750988

Lowampa, E. M., Kerzmann, A., Sakalihasan, N., DESIRON, Q., BOESMANS, E., Michel, A., & Defraigne, J. (June 2022). Treatment of Blunt Aortic Isthmus Rupture: 19-Years Single Center Experience. Aorta, 10 (S1), 009. doi:10.1055/s-0042-1750918

Minga Lowampa, E., Kerzmann, A., DESIRON, Q., BOESMANS, E., Sakalihasan, N., & Defraigne, J. (May 2022). TREATMENT OF BLUNT AORTIC ISTHMUS RUPTURE: 19-YEARS SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE. Paper presented at 23rd Belgian Surgical Week (BSW), Ostende, Belgium.

SALHI, L., & Sakalihasan, N. (2022). parodontite et maladies cardiovasculaires. ID: L'Information dentaire.

Durieux, R., Sakalihasan, N., & Defraigne, J. (February 2022). Dépistage opportuniste de l’anévrysme de l’aorte abdominale lors de l’échocardiographie chez le patient coronarien : utile ou futile ? Annales de Cardiologie et d'Angeiologie, 71 (1), 53 - 58. doi:10.1016/j.ancard.2020.12.003

Durieux, R., Lardinois, M.-J., Albert, A., Defraigne, J.-O., & Sakalihasan, N. (2022). Outcomes and predictors of mortality in a Belgian population of patients admitted with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm and treated by open repair in the contemporary era. Annals of Vascular Surgery. doi:10.1016/j.avsg.2021.05.015

SALHI, L.* , Rijkschroeff, P., Van hede, D., Laine, M., Teughels, W., Sakalihasan, N., & LAMBERT, F.*. (2022). Blood Biomarkers and Serologic Immunological Profiles Related to Periodontitis in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Patients. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. doi:10.3389/fcimb.2021.766462

Sakalihasan, S., TCHANA-SATO, V., COURTOIS, A., DEFRAIGNE, J., & Sakalihasan, N. (2021). Chest discomfort leading to the diagnosis of pulmonary artery aneurysm due to isolated main pulmonary arteritis involving giant cells: a case report. Acta Chirurgica Belgica. doi:10.1080/00015458.2021.1910768

TCHANA-SATO, V., ANCION, A., TRIDETTI, J., Sakalihasan, N., Hayette, M.-P., Detry, O., Delvenne, P., AMABILI, P., Senard, M., HOUGRAND, O., SZECEL, D., LAVIGNE, J.-P., Minga Lowampa, E., Ponte, C., MAQUOI, I., Morimont, P., VAN DEN BULCK, M., DELBOUILLE, M.-H., Defraigne, J.-O., & Lancellotti, P. (2021). Clinical course and challenging management of early COVID-19 infection after heart transplantation: case report of two patients. BMC Infectious Diseases. doi:10.1186/s12879-021-05793-6

Kerzmann, A., Maes, N., Krzesinski, J.-M., Sakalihasan, N., & Defraigne, J. (September 2020). Renal function after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Poster session presented at Multidisciplinary European Endovascular Therapy (i-MEET) Congress, Nice, France.

KERZMANN, A., KRZESINSKI, J.-M., Sakalihasan, N., & Defraigne, J.-O. (24 June 2020). Renal function assessment is part of endovascular aortic aneurysm repair and its follow up. Annals of Vascular Medicine and Research, 7 (3), 1113.

KERZMANN, A., KRZESINSKI, J.-M., Sakalihasan, N., & DEFRAIGNE, J. (05 May 2020). Renal Function Assessment is Part of Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair and its Follow Up. Journal of surgery and practice, 2 (2), 15. doi:10.36879/JSP.20.000115

Brüls, S., Kerzmann, A., Durieux, R., QUANIERS, J., Tchana-Sato, V., LAVIGNE, J.-P., Sakalihasan, N., Radermecker, M., DESIRON, Q., Szecel, D., HOLEMANS, C., BOESMANS, E., & Defraigne, J. (May 2020). Apport de l’approche moins invasive en chirurgie cardiovasculaire et thoracique. Revue Médicale de Liège, 75 (5-6), 292-299.

SALHI, L., Sakalihasan, N., GAU OKROGLIC, A., Rompen, E., SEIDEL, L., Albert, A., Teughels, W., Defraigne, J.-O., & LAMBERT, F. (2020). Further evidence on the relationship between abdominal aortic aneurysm and periodontitis: a cross sectional study. Journal of Periodontology. doi:10.1002/JPER.19-0671

BRULS, S., Tchana-Sato, V., LAVIGNE, J.-P., Durieux, R., Sakalihasan, N., Radermecker, M., DESIRON, Q., CREEMERS, E., Nelessen, E., D'ORIO, V., ANCION, A., Lancellotti, P., Hans, G., Lagny, M., Blaffart, F., & Defraigne, J.-O. (2020). La transplantation cardiaque : indications actuelles et resultats de l'experience liegeoise. Revue Médicale de Liège, 75 (1), 29-36.

KRZESINSKI, J.-M., Sakalihasan, N., & DEFRAIGNE, J. (2020). How to Reduce the Risk of Acute Kidney Injury in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Surgery: The Quest of the Grail. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 59, 866-867. doi:10.1016/j.ejvs.2020.01.037

SAKALIHASAN, N., DEFRAIGNE, J., MOISE, M., & NIENABER, C. (2020). Alternative management of proximal aortic dissection: remodelling as key to success. European Heart Journal. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehy890

TCHANA-SATO, V., LEDOUX, D., DETRY, O., HANS, G., ANCION, A., D'ORIO, V., MASSION, P., AMABILI, P., BRULS, S., LAVIGNE, J.-P., MONARD, J., DELBOUILLE, M.-H., SAKALIHASAN, N., & DEFRAIGNE, J. (June 2019). Successful clinical transplantation of hearts donated after circulatory death using normothermic regional perfusion. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 38 (6), 593-598. doi:10.1016/j.healun.2019.02.015

SALHI, L., Sakalihasan, N., Defraigne, J.-O., Albert, A., SEIDEL, L., LAMBERT, F., & Teughels, W. (23 May 2019). FURTHER EVIDENCE ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AAA AND PERIODONTITIS. Paper presented at European society for cardiovascular surgery.

Boileau, A., Lino Cardenas, C., COURTOIS, A., Zhang, L., Rodosthenous, R., Das, S., SAKALIHASAN, N., Michel, J.-B., Lindsay, M., & Delvaux, Y. (2019). MiR‐574‐5p: A Circulating Marker of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. doi:10.3390/ijms20163924

COURTOIS, A., MAKRYGIANNIS, G., El hachemi, M., Hultgren, R., Allaire, E., Namur, G., HUSTINX, R., DEFRAIGNE, J., & SAKALIHASAN, N. (2019). Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Predicts and Detects Complications After Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. Journal of Endovascular Therapy. doi:10.1177/1526602819849088

MAKRYGIANNIS, G., Mourmoura, E., SPANOS, ROUSSAS, N., KUIVANIEMI, H., SAKALIHASAN, N., TSEZOU, A., & GIANNOUKAS, A. (2019). Risk Factor Assessment in a Greek Cohort of Patients With Large Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. Angiology. doi:10.1177/0003319718774474

SALHI, L., ROMPEN, E., SAKALIHASAN, N., Laleman, I., Teughels, W., MICHEL, J.-B., & LAMBERT, F. (2019). Can Periodontitis Influence the Progression of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm? A Systematic Review. Angiology. doi:10.1177/0003319718821243

SALHI, L., Teughels, W., Rompen, E., SAKALIHASAN, N., Michel, J. B., & LAMBERT, F. (June 2018). Does periodontitis influence the progression of abdominal aortic aneurysm? A systematic review. Paper presented at Europerio 9.

Courtois, A., Makrygiannis, G., CHERAMY-BIEN, J.-P., Purnelle, A., Pirotte, B., Dogné, J.-M., Hanson, J., Defraigne, J.-O., Drion, P., & SAKALIHASAN, N. (2018). Therapeutic Applications of Prostaglandins and Thromboxane A2 Inhibitors in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. Current Drug Targets. doi:10.2174/1389450119666171227224314

PINCEMAIL, J., Defraigne, J.-O., Courtois, A., Albert, A., CHERAMY-BIEN, J.-P., & SAKALIHASAN, N. (2018). Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA): Is There a Role for the Prevention and Therapy Using Antioxidants? Current Drug Targets. doi:10.2174/1389450118666170918164601

SAKALIHASAN, N., MICHEL, J.-B., KATSARGYRIS, A., KUIVANIEMI, H., DEFRAIGNE, J., Nchimi Longang, A., POWEL, J., YOSHIMURA, K., & HULTGREN, R. (2018). Abdominal aortic aneurysms. Nature Reviews. Disease Primers. doi:10.1038/s41572-018-0030-7

TCHANA-SATO, V., SAKALIHASAN, N., & DEFRAIGNE, J. (2018). La dissection aortique. Revue Médicale de Liège, 73 (5-6), 290-295.

TCHANA-SATO, V., SAKALIHASAN, N., & DEFRAIGNE, J. (2018). L’anévrisme rompu de l’aorte abdominale. Revue Médicale de Liège, 73 (5-6), 296-299.

BRULS, S., Courtois, A., DELVENNE, P., HUSTINX, R., MOUTSCHEN, M., de Leval, L., Defraigne, J.-O., & SAKALIHASAN, N. (2017). IgG4-related disease causing rapid evolution of a severe aortic valvular stenosis. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.08.045

Courtois, A., Coppieters, W., BOURS, V., Defraigne, J.-O., Colige, A., & SAKALIHASAN, N. (2017). A novel SMAD3 mutation caused multiple aneurysms in a patient without osteoarthritis symptoms. European Journal of Medical Genetics. doi:10.1016/j.ejmg.2017.02.001

Courtois, A., Nusgens, B., Garbacki, N., HUSTINX, R., Gomez, P., Defraigne, J.-O., Colige, A., & SAKALIHASAN, N. (2017). Circulating microRNAs signature correlates with positive [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm. Journal of Vascular Surgery. doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2016.12.112

Jones, G., Tromp, G., Kuivaniemi, H., SAKALIHASAN, N., Courtois, A., & Bown, M. (2017). Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Identifies Four New Disease-Specific Risk Loci. Circulation Research. doi:10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.116.308765

Leonard, M., Courtois, A., Defraigne, J.-O., & SAKALIHASAN, N. (2017). Le cas Clinique du mois: Dissection isolée de l’artère mésentérique supérieure. Revue Médicale de Liège.

Nienaber, C. A., Sakalihasan, N., Clough, R. E., Aboukoura, M., Mancuso, E., Yeh, J. S. M., Defraigne, J.-O., Cheshire, N., Rosendahl, U. P., Quarto, C., & Pepper, J. (2017). Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) in proximal (type A) aortic dissection: Ready for a broader application? Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.07.078

Azevedo Mendes, M., Szecel, D., Hans, G., & Sakalihasan, N. (2016). Delayed Paraplegia After Endovascular Treatment of a Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Successfully Managed Using Cerebrospinal Fluid Drainage. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2015.12.005

Magotteaux, S., BULK, S., FARHAT, N., SAKALIHASAN, N., Defraigne, J.-O., & Seghaye, M.-C. (2016). Le syndrome de Marfan chez l'enfant et l'adolescent : cas clinique. Revue Médicale de Liège, 71 (7-8), 342-348.

MAKRYGIANNIS, G., Labalue, P., Erpicum, M., Schlitz, M., SEIDEL, L., El Hachemi, M., GANGOLF, M., Albert, A., Defraigne, J.-O., Lindholt, J. S., & Sakalihasan, N. (2016). Extending abdominal aortic aneurysm detection to older age groups: preliminary results from the Liege screening programme. Annals of Vascular Surgery. doi:10.1016/j.avsg.2016.02.034

Martufi, G., Liljeqvist, M. L., SAKALIHASAN, N., Panuccio, G., Rebecca, H., Roy, J., & Gasser, C. (2016). LOCAL PARAMETERS THAT INFLUENCE THE LOCAL GROWTH OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS. Poster session presented at ESVS Spring Meeting 2016, London, United Kingdom.

NCHIMI LONGANG, A., Courtois, A., EL HACHEMI, M., Touat, Z., Drion, P., WITHOFS, N., Warnock, G., Bahri, M. A., Dogné, J.-M., CHERAMY-BIEN, J.-P., SCHOYSMAN, L., Joskin, J., Michel, J.-B., Defraigne, J.-O., Plenevaux, A., & SAKALIHASAN, N. (2016). Multimodality imaging assessment of the deleterious role of the intraluminal thrombus on the growth of abdominal aortic aneurysm in a rat model. European Radiology, 26, 2378-2386. doi:10.1007/s00330-015-4010-y

Nienaber, C. A., Clough, R. E., Sakalihasan, N., Suzuki, T., Gibbs, R., Mussa, F., Jenkins, M. P., Thompson, M. M., Evangelista, A., Yeh, J. S. M., Cheshire, N., Rosendahl, U., & Pepper, J. (2016). Aortic dissection. Nature Reviews. Disease Primers, 2, 16053. doi:10.1038/nrdp.2016.53

BRULS, S., GOFFIN, P., Sakalihasan, N., Bonnet, P., & Defraigne, J.-O. (August 2015). Rupture post-traumatique de l’isthme aortique : perspectives modernes de prise en charge. Revue Médicale de Liège, 70 (9), 415-22.

SAKALIHASAN, N., NIENABER, C., HUSTINX, R., LOVINFOSSE, P., EL HACHEMI, M., CHERAMY-BIEN, J.-P., SEIDEL, L., LAVIGNE, J.-P., QUANIERS, J., KERSTENNE, M.-A., Courtois, A., OOMS, A., Albert, A., Defraigne, J.-O., & Michel, J.-B. (2015). (Tissue PET) vascularmetabolic imaging and peripheral plasma biomarkers in the evolution of chronic aortic dissections. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging. doi:10.1093/ehjci/jeu283

Bruls, S.* , Courtois, A.* , Nusgens, B., Defraigne, J.-O., Delvenne, P., Hustinx, R., Moutschen, M., & SAKALIHASAN, N. (2015). 18F-FDG PET/CT in the Management of Aortitis. Clinical Nuclear Medicine. doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000001016
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Courtois, A., NCHIMI LONGANG, A., Arbesu Y Miar, A., Drion, P., CHERAMY-BIEN, J.-P., Dogné, J.-M., Defraigne, J.-O., & SAKALIHASAN, N. (2015). Assessment of the deleterious role of the intraluminal thrombus in a rat model of abdominal aortic aneurysm: role of an anti-thromboxane receptor. Paper presented at Leading Innovative Vascular Education 2015.

Courtois, A., Nusgens, B., HUSTINX, R., Defraigne, J.-O., Colige, A., & SAKALIHASAN, N. (2015). Circulating miRNA signature of PET-positive abdominal aortic aneurysms: new potential predictors of rupture. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology.

Courtois, A., Nusgens, B., HUSTINX, R., Namur, G., Gomez, P., Kuivaniemi, H., Defraigne, J.-O., Colige, A., & SAKALIHASAN, N. (2015). Gene Expression Study in Positron Emission Tomography–Positive Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Identifies CCL18 as a Potential Biomarker for Rupture Risk. Molecular Medicine. doi:10.2119/molmed.2014.00065

Lancellotti, P., DULGHERU, R. E., & Sakalihasan, N. (2015). Centres of excellence in heart valve surgery: are there standards for best practice? Open Heart, 2 (1), 000282. doi:10.1136/openhrt-2015-000282

Makrygiannis, G., Loeys, B., Defraigne, J.-O., & SAKALIHASAN, N. (2015). Cervical artery dissections and type A aortic dissection in a family with a novel missense COL3A1 mutation of vascular type Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. European Journal of Medical Genetics. doi:10.1016/j.ejmg.2015.10.009

Malkawi, A., Pirianov, G., Torsney, E., Chetter, I., Sakalihasan, N., Loftus, I. M., Nordon, I., Huggins, C., Charolidi, N., Thompson, M., Xu, X. Y., & Cockerill, G. W. (2015). Increased Expression of Lamin A/C Correlate with Regions of High Wall Stress in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. Aorta, 3 (5), 152-66. doi:10.12945/j.aorta.2015.14.069

SakalihasanN, N., Defraigne, J.-O., Kerstenne, M.-A., CHERAMY-BIEN, J.-P., Smelser, D. T., Tromp, G., & Kuivaniemi, H. (December 2014). Family Members of Patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms are at Increased Risk for Aneurysms: Analysis of 618 Probands and their Families from the Liege AAA Family Study. Annals of Vascular Surgery, 28, 787-797. doi:10.1016/j.avsg.2013.11.005

Makrygiannis, G., Courtois, A., Drion, P., Defraigne, J.-O., Kuivaniemi, H., & Sakalihasan, N. (November 2014). Sex Differences in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: the Role of Sex Hormones. Annals of Vascular Surgery, 28 (8), 1946-1958. doi:10.1016/j.avsg.2014.07.008

Makrygiannis, G., EL HACHEMI, M., Labalue, P., Defraigne, J.-O., Lindholt, J. S., & SAKALIHASAN, N. (01 October 2014). Preliminary data from the Liège Screening programme suggests the reported decline in AAA prevalence is not global. Aorta, 2 (5), 212–253.

Kerzmann, A., Lespagnard, A.-C., Sakalihasan, N., & Defraigne, J. (September 2014). Endovascular treatment of type B aortic dissection with aortic coarctation. Poster session presented at 4th International Meeting on Aortic Diseases (IMAD), Liège, Belgium.

Courtois, A., Namur, G., EL HACHEMI, M., Creemers, E., Nusgens, B., HUSTINX, R., Allaire, E., Defraigne, J.-O., Colige, A., & SAKALIHASAN, N. (2014). Uptake of FDG detected by positron emission tomography in the abdominal aortic aneurysm is correlated with endoleaks and predicts the adverse outcome of AAA after endovascular aortic repair. Poster session presented at 4th International meeting on aortic disease.

Courtois, A., Nusgens, B., Hustinx, R., Defraigne, J.-O., Colige, A., & Sakalihasan, N. (2014). Circulating microRNA expression signature in PET positive abdominal aortic aneurysms: new potential biomarkers. Aorta.

Courtois, A., Nusgens, B., Hustinx, R., Gomez, P., Defraigne, J.-O., Colige, A., & SAKALIHASAN, N. (2014). Intérèts de la tomographie à émission de positons dans le suivi et le pronostic des anévrysmes de l'aorte abdominale. Revue Médicale de Liège, 69 Spec No, 12-8.

Della Corte, A., Body, S. C., Booher, A. M., Schaefers, H.-J., Milewski, R. K., Michelena, H. I., Evangelista, A., Pibarot, P., Mathieu, P., Limongelli, G., Shekar, P. S., Aranki, S. F., Ballotta, A., Di Benedetto, G., SakalihasanN, N., Nappi, G., Eagle, K. A., Bavaria, J. E., Frigiola, A., & Sundt, T. M. (2014). Surgical treatment of bicuspid aortic valve disease: Knowledge gaps and research perspectives. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.01.021

DURIEUX, R., VAN DAMME, H., Labropoulos, N., Yazici, A., Legrand, V., Albert, A., Defraigne, J.-O., & Sakalihasan, N. (2014). High Prevalence of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Patients with Three-vessel Coronary Artery Disease. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. doi:10.1016/j.ejvs.2013.12.011

Gasser, T. C., Nchimi Longang, A., Swedenborg, J., Roy, J., Sakalihasan, N., Bockler, D., & Hyhlik-Durr, A. (2014). A Novel Strategy to Translate the Biomechanical Rupture Risk of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms to their Equivalent Diameter Risk: Method and Retrospective Validation. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. doi:10.1016/j.ejvs.2013.12.018

NCHIMI LONGANG, A., CHERAMY-BIEN, J.-P., Gasser, T. C., NAMUR, G., Gomez, P., SEIDEL, L., Albert, A., Defraigne, J.-O., Labropoulos, N., & Sakalihasan, N. (2014). Multifactorial Relationship Between 18F-Fluoro-Deoxy-Glucose Positron Emission Tomography Signaling and Biomechanical Properties in Unruptured Aortic Aneurysms. Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, 7, 82-91. doi:10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.112.000415

Xenos, M., Labropoulos, N., Rambhia, S., Alemu, Y., Einav, S., Tassiopoulos, A., Sakalihasan, N., & Bluestein, D. (2014). Progression of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Towards Rupture: Refining Clinical Risk Assessment Using a Fully Coupled Fluid-Structure Interaction Method. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. doi:10.1007/s10439-014-1224-0

Courtois, A., Nusgens, B., Hustinx, R., Namur, G., Gomez, P., Somja, J., Defraigne, J.-O., Delvenne, P., Michel, J.-B., Colige, A., & Sakalihasan, N. (05 September 2013). 18F-FDG Uptake Assessed by PET/CT in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Is Associated with Cellular and Molecular Alterations Prefacing Wall Deterioration and Rupture. Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 54, 1740-1747. doi:10.2967/jnumed.112.115873

NCHIMI LONGANG, A., COUVREUR, T., Meunier, B., & Sakalihasan, N. (August 2013). Magnetic Resonance Imaging findings in a Positron Emission Tomography-Positive thoracic aortic aneurysm. Aorta, 1 (3), 198-201.

KUIVANIEMI, H., Sakalihasan, N., LEDERLE, F., JONES, G., DEFRAIGNE, J., LABROPOULOS, N., LEGRAND, V., MICHEL, J.-B., NIENABER, C., RADERMECKER, M., & ELEFTERIADES, J. (June 2013). New Insights Into Aortic Diseases A Report From the Third International Meeting on Aortic Diseases (IMAD3). Aorta, 1, 23-39.

BRULS, S.* , Courtois, A.* , Namur, G., Smeets, J.-P., Nusgens, B., Michel, J.-B., Defraigne, J.-O., & Sakalihasan, N. (2013). Increased metabolic activity highlighted by positron emission tomography/computed tomography in the wall of the dissected ascending aorta in a patient with Horton disease. Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, 6 (4), 606-8. doi:10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.113.000317
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

BRULS, S., Desfontaines, P., DEFRAIGNE, J., & Sakalihasan, N. (2013). Urgent Carotid Endarterectomy in Patients with Acute Neurological Symptoms The Results of a Single Center Prospective Nonrandomized Study. Aorta, 1 (2), 110-116.

Courtois, A., Nusgens, B., DELVENNE, P., MEURISSE, M., DEFRAIGNE, J., Colige, A., & Sakalihasan, N. (2013). Dissection of Iliac Artery in a Patient With Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease. Aorta, 1 (2), 123-125.

Martufi, G., Auer, M., Roy, J., Swedenborg, J., Sakalihasan, N., Panuccio, G., & Gasser, T. C. (2013). Multidimensional growth measurements of abdominal aortic aneurysms. Journal of Vascular Surgery, 58 (3), 748-55. doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2012.11.070

BRULS, S., VAN DAMME, H., SakalihasanN, N., & Defraigne, J.-O. (2012). Traitement endovasculaire des dissections de l'aorte descendante (type B). Revue Médicale de Liège, 67 (9), 468-74.

Helgadottir, A., Gretarsdottir, S., Thorleifsson, G., Holm, H., Patel, R. S., Gudnason, T., Jones, G. T., van Rij, A. M., Eapen, D. J., Baas, A. F., Tregouet, D.-A., Morange, P.-E., Emmerich, J., Lindblad, B., Gottsater, A., Kiemeny, L. A., Lindholt, J. S., SakalihasanN, N., Ferrell, R. E., ... Stefansson, K. (2012). Apolipoprotein(a) genetic sequence variants associated with systemic atherosclerosis and coronary atherosclerotic burden but not with venous thromboembolism. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 60 (8), 722-9. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2012.01.078

PINCEMAIL, J., Defraigne, J.-O., Cheramy-Bien, J. P., Dardenne, N., Donneau, A.-F., Albert, A., Labropoulos, N., & SakalihasanN, N. (2012). On the potential increase of the oxidative stress status in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm. Redox Report: Communications in Free Radical Research, 17 (4), 139-44. doi:10.1179/1351000212Y.0000000012

Roy, J., Swedenborg, J., Sakalihasan, N., NCHIMI LONGANG, A., Boeckler, D., Hyhlik-Durr, A., & Gasser, C. (2012). Biomechanical Rupture Risk Assessment in Patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: Introducing Rupture Risk Equivalent Diameter. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, 32 (A103).

PINCEMAIL, J., Defraigne, J.-O., Albert, A., CHERAMY-BIEN, J.-P., Dardenne, N., & SakalihasanN, N. (2011). Increased oxidative stress status is associated with abdominal aortic aneurysm. In University of Ferrara (Ed.), Second Internaional conference on environmental stressors in biology and medicine.

Cherdon, C., Rolin, S., Hanson, J., OOMS, A., de Leval, L., Drion, P., michiels, C., Pirotte, B., Mullier, F., SakalihasanN, N., DEFRAIGNE, J., & Dogné, J.-M. (2011). BM-573 INHIBITS THE EARLY ATHEROSCLEROTIC LESIONS IN APO-E DEFICIENT MICE BY BLOCKING TP RECEPTORS AND THROMBOXANE SYNTHASE. In Congress of the International Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis- 57th Annual SSC Meeting.

Cherdon, C., Rolin, S., Hanson, J., OOMS, A., de Leval, L., Drion, P., Michiels, C., Pirotte, B., Masereel, B., SakalihasanN, N., DEFRAIGNE, J., & Dogné, J.-M. (2011). BM-573 inhibits the development of early atherosclerotic lesions in Apo E deficient mice by blocking TP receptors and thromboxane synthase. Prostaglandins and Other Lipid Mediators. doi:10.1016/j.prostaglandins.2011.03.001

COURTOIS, A., Nusgens, B., Defraigne, J.-O., Hustinx, R., Gomez, P., Somja, J., Delvenne, P., Colige, A., & SakalihasanN, N. (2011). Uptake of 18-FDG as detected by positron emission tomography is correlated to an increased inflammatory infiltrate and expression of proteolytic enzymes in abdominal aortic aneurysm wall. Poster session presented at The leucocyte in cardiovascular disease conference, Geneva, Switzerland.

Lillvis, J. H., Kyo, Y., Tromp, G., Lenk, G. M., Li, M., Lu, Q., Igo RP, J., Sakalihasan, N., Ferrell, R. E., Schworer, C. M., Gatalica, Z., Land, S., & Kuivaniemi, H. (2011). Analysis of positional candidate genes in the AAA1 susceptibility locus for abdominal aortic aneurysms on chromosome 19. BMC Medical Genetics, 12 (1), 14. doi:10.1186/1471-2350-12-14

Michel, J., Martin-Ventura, J. L., Egido, J., Sakalihasan, N., Treska, V., Lindholt, J., Allaire, E., Thorsteinsdottir, U., Cockerill, G., & Swedenborg, J. (2011). Novel aspects of the pathogenesis of aneurysms of the abdominal aorta in humans. Cardiovascular Research. doi:10.1093/cvr/cvq337

Sakalihasan, N., KUIVANIEMI, H., Nusgens, B., DURIEUX, R., & Defraigne, J.-O. (2011). Aneurysm : epidemiology, aetiology and pathology. Berlin, Germany: SPRINGER.

Sakalihasan, N., Defraigne, J.-O., & Xu, Y. (June 2010). Response to Comment on “High Levels of 18F-FG Uptake in Aortic Aneurysm Wall are Associated with High Wall Stress”. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 39, 795-796. doi:10.1016/j.ejvs.2010.03.006

NCHIMI LONGANG, A., Defawe, O., Brisbois, D., Broussard, T. K., Defraigne, J.-O., Magotteaux, J., Massart, F., Houard, X., Michel, J.-B., & Sakalihasan, N. (March 2010). MR Imaging of Iron Phagocytosis in Intraluminal Thrombi of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in Humans. Radiology, 254 (3), 973-81. doi:10.1148/radiol.09090657

Gretarsdottir, S., Baas, A. F., Thorleifsson, G., Holm, H., den Heijer, M., de Vries, J.-P., Kranendonk, S. E., ZEEBREGTS, C., VAN STERKENBURG, S. M., GEELKERKEN, A. M., WILLIAMS, M. J. A., BOLL, A. P. A., KOSTIC, J. P., JONASDOTTIR, A., JONASDOTTIR, A., WALTERS, G. B., MASSON, G., SULEM, P., SAEMUNDSDOTTIR, J., ... Defraigne, J.-O. (2010). Genome-wide association study identifies sequence variants within the DAB2IP gene conferring susceptibility to abdominal aortic aneurysm. Nature Genetics. doi:10.1038/ng.622

Xu, Y., Borghi, A., NCHIMI LONGANG, A., Leung, J., Gomez, P., Cheng, Z., Defraigne, J.-O., & Sakalihasan, N. (2010). High Levels of 18F-FDG Uptake in Aortic Aneurysm Wall are Associated with High Wall Stress. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 39, 295-301. doi:10.1016/j.ejvs.2009.10.016

Sakalihasan, N., Hustinx, R., Gomez, P., & Defraigne, J.-O. (2009). Functional imaging of abdominal aortic aneurysms : can it predict probability of rupture. In VASCULAR ANEURYSMS (pp. 91-102). Greece: Ed of University of Thessaly press.

Sakalihasan, N., Hustinx, R., Gomez, P., & Defraigne, J.-O. (2009). Evaluation of inflammatory cells in abdominal aortic aneurysmal wall by tomography emission positron. Médecine Nucléaire: Imagerie Fonctionnelle et Métabolique, 33/5, 279-284. doi:10.1016/j.mednuc.2009.03.002

Sakalihasan, N., & Michel, J.-B. (2009). Functional imaging of atherosclerosis to advance vascular biology. Invited overview. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 37, 728-734. doi:10.1016/j.ejvs.2008.12.024

Helgadottir, A., Thorleifsson, G., Magnusson, K., Grétarsdottir, S., Steinthorsdottir, V., Manolescu, A., Jones, G. T., Rinkel, G. J., Blankensteijn, J. D., Ronkainen, A., Jääskeläinen, J., Kyo, Y., Lenk, G. M., Sakalihasan, N., Kostulas, K., Gottsäter, A., Flex, A., Stefansson, H., Hansen, T., ... Stefansson, K. (2008). The same sequent variant on 9p21 associates with myocardial infarction, abdominal aortic aneurysm and intracranial aneurysm. Nature Genetics, 40, 217-24. doi:10.1038/ng.72

Limet, R., & Sakalihasan, N. (2008). Modern look at a pathology of the millenium : abdominal aortic aneurysms. Bulletins et Mémoires de l’Académie Royale de Médecine de Belgique, 163 (5), 205-11.

NCHIMI LONGANG, A., SAKALIHASAN, N., KUIVANIEMI, H., & michel, J. (2008). Imaging in aortic aneurysms. Aortic Aneurysms. New insights into an old problem. In Imaging in aortic aneurysms. Aortic Aneurysms. New insights into an old problem. Belgium: Les Editions de l'Université de Liège.

Sakalihasan, N., Hustinx, R., Gomez, P., & Limet, R. (2008). Functional imaging of abdominal aortic aneurysms. In Aortic Aneurysms, new insights of an old problem (pp. 395-406). Liège, Belgium: Editions de l’ULg.

Sakalihasan, N., Hustinx, R., Gomez, P., & Limet, R. (2008). Can Positron Emission Tomography (PET) predict the risk of rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm(AAA)? In Controversies and updates in vascular surgery 2008 (pp. 15-22). Torino, Italy: Ed. Minerva Medica.

SAKALIHASAN, N., HUSTINX, R., GOMEZ, P., NCHIMI LONGANG, A., & LIMET, R. (2008). Can positron emission tomography (PET) predict the risk of rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) ? Controversies and updates in vascular surgery. In Can positron emission tomography (PET) predict the risk of rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) ? Controversies and updates in vascular surgery. Italy: Edizioni Minerva Medica.

Malfait, F., Symoens, S., De Backer, J., Hermanns-Lê, T., Sakalihasan, N., Lapiere, C. M., Coucke, P., & De Paepe, A. (2007). Three arginine to cysteine substitutions in the pro-alpha (I)-collagen chain cause Ehlers-Danlos syndrome with a propensity to arterial rupture in early adulthood. Human Mutation, 28 (4), 387-95. doi:10.1002/humu.20455

Verscheure, S., Sakalihasan, N., & Limet, R. (2007). L’image du mois - Fistule coronaro-pulmonaire. Revue Médicale de Liège, 62, 479.

Defawe, O. D., Thiry, A., Lapiere, C. M., Limet, R., & SakalihasanN, N. (2006). Primary sarcoma of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Abdominal Imaging, 31 (1, Jan-Feb), 117-119. doi:10.1007/s00261-005-0366-9

Ogata, T., Gregoire, L., Goddard, K. A. B., Skunca, M., Tromp, G., Lancaster, W. D., Parrado, A. R., Lu, Q., Shibamura, H., SakalihasanN, N., Limet, R., MacKean, G. L., Arthur, C., Sueda, T., & Kuivaniemi, H. (2006). Evidence for association between the HLA-DQA locus and abdominal aortic aneurysms in the Belgian population: a case control study. BMC Medical Genetics, 7, 67. doi:10.1186/1471-2350-7-67

SakalihasanN, N., & Limet, R. (2006). 20 ans de recherche clinique et fondamentale dans la pathogénie des anévrysmes de l’aorte abdominale. Revue Médicale de Liège.

Tromp, G., Ogata, T., Grégoire, L., Goddard, K. A. B., Skunca, M., Lancaster, W. D., Parrado, A. R., Lu, Q., Shibamura, H., SakalihasanN, N., Limet, R., Mackean, G. L., Arthur, C., Sueda, T., & Kuivaniemi, H. (2006). HLA-DQA is associated with abdominal aortic aneurysms in the Belgian population. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1085, 392-395. doi:10.1196/annals.1383.045

Desfontaines, P., & Sakalihasan, N. (15 November 2005). Urgent Carotid Endarterectomy: A prospective non randomised study, of 42 cases. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 238 (Suppl. 1), 393.

Ogata, T., Shibamura, H., Tromp, G., Sinha, M., Goddard, K. A. B., SakalihasanN, N., Limet, R., MacKean, G. L., Arthur, C., Sueda, T., Land, S., & Kuivaniemi, H. (June 2005). Genetic analysis of polymorphisms in biologically relevant candidate genes in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms. Journal of Vascular Surgery, 41 (6), 1036-1042. doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2005.02.020

Defawe, O. D., Hustinx, R., Defraigne, J.-O., Limet, R., & Sakalihasan, N. (May 2005). Distribution of F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F-18 FDG) in abdominal aortic aneurysm: High accumulation in macrophages seen on PET Imaging and immunohistology. Clinical Nuclear Medicine, 30 (5), 340-341. doi:10.1097/01.rlu.0000159681.24833.95

Ogata, T., Gregoire, L., Goddard, K. A., Tromp, G., Lancaster, W. D., Parrado, A. R., Lu, Q., SakalihasanN, N., Limet, R., MacKean, G. L., Arthur, C., & Kuivaniemi, H. (12 April 2005). Evidence for HLA-DQA1 locus being associated with abdominal aortic aneurysms in the Belgian population. Circulation, 111 (14), 219.

Van Damme, H., Sakalihasan, N., & Limet, R. (February 2005). Factors promoting rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysms [letter to the editor]. Acta Chirurgica Belgica, 105 (1), 1-12. doi:10.1080/00015458.2005.11679659

Defawe, O. D., Kenagy, R. D., Choi, C., Wan, S. Y. C., Deroanne, C., Nusgens, B., SakalihasanN, N., Colige, A., & Clowes, A. W. (2005). MMP-9 regulates both positively and negatively collagen gel contraction - A nonproteolytic function of MMP-9. Cardiovascular Research, 66 (2), 402-409. doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.11.025

SakalihasanN, N. (2005). De l’observation clinique à l’étude génomique : contribution à la connaissance des mécanismes de formation et de rupture des anévrysmes de l’aorte abdominale. Unpublished post doctoral thesis (Agrégation de l'enseignement supérieur), ULiège - Université de Liège.
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SakalihasanN, N., Limet, R., & Defawe, O. D. (2005). Abdominal aortic aneurysm. Lancet, 365 (9470), 1577-89. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66459-8

SakalihasanN, N., Radermacher, V., Chevolet, C., & Limet, R. (2005). Le cas clinique du mois. Le Twiddler's syndrome. Revue Médicale de Liège, 60 (7-8), 647-8.

Defawe, O. D., Colige, A., Lambert, C., Delvenne, P., Lapière, C., Limet, R., Nusgens, B., & Sakalihasan, N. (July 2004). Gradient of proteolytic enzymes, their inhibitors and matrix proteins expression in a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. European Journal of Clinical Investigation, 34 (7), 513-514. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2362.2004.01371.x

Sakalihasan, N., Hustinx, R., & Limet, R. (June 2004). Contribution of Pet Scanning to the Evaluation of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. Seminars in Vascular Surgery, 17 (2), 144-53. doi:10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2004.03.002

Defawe, O., Colige, A., Deroanne, C., Nusgens, B., Lapière, C., Limet, R., & Sakalihasan, N. (2004). MECHANICAL STRAIN MODULATES MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN-1 AND IL-1BETA EXPRESSION BY CULTURED HUMAN AORTIC SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS. Cardiovascular Pathology, 13 (3 suppl), 189.

Lancellotti, P., Melon, P., Sakalihasan, N., Waleffe, A., Stainier, P. Y., Smeets, V., & Pierard, L. (2004). Cardiac resynchronization acutely reduces dynamic functional mitral regurgitation in heart failure: A study using quantitative Doppler exercise echocardiography. European Heart Journal, 25 (Suppl. S), 594.

Lancellotti, P., MELON, P., SakalihasanN, N., Waleffe, A., DUBOIS, C., Bertholet, M., & PIERARD, L. (2004). Effect of cardiac resynchronization therapy on functional mitral regurgitation in heart failure. American Journal of Cardiology, 94 (11), 1462-5. doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.07.154

Shibamura, H., Olson, J. M., van Vlijmen-Van Keulen, C., Buxbaum, S. G., Dudek, D. M., Tromp, G., Ogata, T., Skunca, M., SakalihasanN, N., Pals, G., Limet, R., MacKean, G. L., Defawe, O., VERLOES, A., Arthur, C., Lossing, A. G., Burnett, M., Sueda, T., & Kuivaniemi, H. (2004). Genome scan for familial abdominal aortic aneurysm using sex and family history as covariates suggests genetic heterogeneity and identifies linkage to chromosome 19q13. Circulation, 109 (17), 2103-8. doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000127857.77161.A1

SakalihasanN, N., & Limet, R. (June 2003). Le rôle de la mise à plat des anévrysmes de l’aorte abdominale dans la prévention de la mort par rupture. Revue Médicale de Liège, 58 (6), 404-408.

Defawe, O. D., Colige, A., Lambert, C., Munaut, C., Delvenne, P., Lapiere, C. M., Limet, R., Nusgens, B., & SakalihasanN, N. (2003). TIMP-2 and PAI-1 mRNA levels are lower in aneurysmal as compared to athero-occlusive abdominal aortas. Cardiovascular Research, 60 (1), 205-13. doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00513-3

Kuivaniemi, H., Shibamura, H., Arthur, C., Berguer, R., Cole, C. W., Juvonen, T., Kline, R. A., Limet, R., Mackean, G., Norrgard, O., Pals, G., Powell, J. T., Rainio, P., SakalihasanN, N., van Vlijmen-van Keulen, C., VERLOES, A., & Tromp, G. (2003). Familial abdominal aortic aneurysms: collection of 233 multiplex families. Journal of Vascular Surgery, 37 (2), 340-5. doi:10.1067/mva.2003.71

NOUKOUA TCHUISSE, C., NCHIMI LONGANG, A., Biquet, J. F., Markov, M., Sakalihasan, N., & Magotteaux, P. (2003). Dysphagia Caused by Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm. JBR-BTR, 86 (3, May-Jun), 168-9.

MAWEJA, S., SakalihasanN, N., VAN DAMME, H., & Limet, R. (2002). Axillary artery injury secondary to anterior shoulder dislocation: report of two cases. Acta Chirurgica Belgica, 102 (3), 187-91. doi:10.1080/00015458.2002.11679291

SakalihasanN, N., Van Damme, H., Gomez, P., Rigo, P., Lapiere, C. M., Nusgens, B., & Limet, R. (2002). Positron emission tomography (PET) evaluation of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 23 (5), 431-436. doi:10.1053/ejvs.2002.1646

Shibamura, H., Buxbaum, S., Olson, J. M., Tromp, G., Skunca, M., Arthur, C., Berguer, R., Cole, C. W., Limet, R., MacKean, G., Pals, G., Sakalihasan, N., van Vlijmen-van Keulen, C., Verloes, A., & Kuivaniemi, H. (2002). Candidate locus for familial abdominal aortic aneurysms by genome-wide DNA linkage analysis. Circulation, 106 (19, Suppl. S), 168.

Dassy, S., Coibion-Jossa, V., Demelenne, A., Jehaes, C., Weerts, J., Sakalihasan, N., Closon-Dejardin, M. T., & Focan, C. (November 2001). Presentation anatomo-clinique. Terato-carcinome testiculaire avec adenopathies thoraco-abdominales. Revue Médicale de Liège, 56 (11), 777-84.

Defraigne, J.-O., SakalihasanN, N., LAVIGNE, J.-P., VAN DAMME, H., & Limet, R. (2001). Chronic rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm manifesting as crural neuropathy. Annals of Vascular Surgery, 15 (3), 405-11. doi:10.1007/s100160010069

Elen, P., Ozlu, E., SakalihasanN, N., Van Damme, H., & Limet, R. (2000). Renal Artery Occlusion Following Blunt Abdominal Trauma. Acta Chirurgica Belgica, 100 (3, May-Jun), 107-10.

Evrard, P., Sakalihasan, N., Garcia, R., Van Laere, A.-S., & Patterson, B. (June 1999). Prévention de la fibrillation auriculaire récidivante et resynchronisation bi-atriale. Revue Médicale de Liège, 54 (6), 522-6.

Detry, O., Defechereux, T., Honore, P., Meurisse, M., Defraigne, J.-O., Sakalihasan, N., Hartstein, G., Venneman, I., Joris, J., Damas, P., Thiry, A., Demoulin, J. C., Brisbois, D., Jacquet, N., & Limet, R. (1999). Transplantation combinée du foie et du coeur chez un patient souffrant de thalassémie majeure. Médecine and Chirurgie Digestives, 28 (3), 109-110.

SCHILS, F., SakalihasanN, N., Sente, J. M., & Limet, R. (1999). Le cas clinique du mois. Rupture couverte d'un anevrysme infectieux post-typhique de l'aorte abdominale sous-renale. Revue Médicale de Liège, 54 (10), 786-8.

VAN DAMME, H., SakalihasanN, N., & Limet, R. (1999). Fibromuscular dysplasia of the internal carotid artery. Personal experience with 13 cases and literature review. Acta Chirurgica Belgica, 99 (4), 163-8.

Vasquez, C., Sakalihasan, N., Bonnet, P., & Limet, R. (1999). Artérite et coronarite post-radiques: a propos d'un cas. Journal de Cardiologie, 11 (3), 33-37.

Wang, X., Tromp, G., Cole, C. W., VERLOES, A., SakalihasanN, N., Yoon, S., & Kuivaniemi, H. (1999). Analysis of coding sequences for tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 1 (TIMP1) and 2 (TIMP2) in patients with aneurysms. Matrix Biology, 18 (2), 121-4. doi:10.1016/S0945-053X(99)00008-6

Zeaiter, R., SakalihasanN, N., VAN DAMME, H., & Limet, R. (1999). Le cas clinique du mois. Diagnostic et traitement du kyste adventitiel de l'artere poplitee. Revue Médicale de Liège, 54 (6), 514-6.

Limet, R., Nusgens, B., VERLOES, A., & Sakalihasan, N. (1998). Pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) formation. Acta Chirurgica Belgica, 98 (5), 195-8.

VAN DAMME, H., SakalihasanN, N., Vazquez, C., Desiron, Q., & Limet, R. (1998). Abdominal aortic aneurysms in octogenarians. Acta Chirurgica Belgica, 98 (2), 76-84.

Vazquez, C., SakalihasanN, N., D'Harcour, J. B., & Limet, R. (1998). Routine ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm among 65- and 75-year-old men in a city of 200,000 inhabitants. Annals of Vascular Surgery, 12 (6), 544-9. doi:10.1007/s100169900198

Defraigne, J.-O., Sakalihasan, N., Antoine, P., Thiry, A.-M., & Limet, R. (October 1997). Carotid Chemodectomas. Experience with Nine Cases with Reference to Preoperative Embolization and Malignancy. Acta Chirurgica Belgica, 97 (5), 220-8.

Defraigne, J.-O., Antoine, P., SakalihasanN, N., Gollier, A., & Limet, R. (1997). Une masse cervicale de diagnostic souvent errone: le chemodectome carotidien. Revue Médicale de Liège, 52 (7), 485-97.

Defraigne, J.-O., OTTO, B., SakalihasanN, N., & Limet, R. (1997). Spinal ischaemia after surgery for abdominal infrarenal aortic aneurysm. Diagnosis with nuclear magnetic resonance. Acta Chirurgica Belgica, 97 (5), 250-6.

Demarche, M., SakalihasanN, N., & Limet, R. (1997). A propos d'un cas de rupture myocardique dans un traumatisme thoracique ferme. Revue Médicale de Liège, 52 (2), 105-9.

Detry, O., Defechereux, T., Honore, P., Meurisse, M., Defraigne, J.-O., Sakalihasan, N., Hartstein, G., Venneman, I., Joris, J., Damas, P., Thiry, A.-M., Demoulin, J., Brisbois, D., Jacquet, N., & Limet, R. (1997). Transplantation combinée du foie et du coeur chez un patient souffrant de thalassémie majeure. Revue Médicale de Liège, 52 (8), 532-4.

Detry, O., Honore, P., Meurisse, M., Defraigne, J.-O., Defechereux, T., Sakalihasan, N., & Limet, R. (1997). Advantages of Inferior Vena Caval Flow Preservation in Combined Transplantation of the Liver and Heart. Transplant International, 10 (2), 150-1. doi:10.1007/s001470050030

Limet, R., SakalihasanN, N., & Lapiere, C. M. (1997). Mecanisme de croissance et de rupture des anevrysmes de l'aorte abdominale. Bulletin et Mémoires de l'Académie Royale de Médecine de Belgique, 152 (7-9), 295-302; discussion 302-3.

VAN DAMME, H., KEPPENNE, V., SakalihasanN, N., Andrianne, R., & Limet, R. (1997). Uretero-arterial fistula: two observations. Acta Chirurgica Belgica, 97 (3), 133-6.

Sakalihasan, N., Pincemail, J., Defraigne, J.-O., Nusgens, B., Lapière, C., & Limet, R. (18 November 1996). Decrease of Plasma Vitamin E (Alpha-Tocopherol) Levels in Patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 800, 278-82. doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb33332.x

Canivet, J.-L., Sakalihasan, N., Creemers, E., Damas, P., & Lamy, M. (October 1996). Preoperative cardiogenic shock related to dynamic obstruction of left ventricular outflow in a patient with acute aortic dissection: diagnosis by transesophageal echocardiography. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 10 (6), 781-784. doi:10.1016/S1053-0770(96)80206-0

Defraigne, J.-O., SakalihasanN, N., Pierard, G., & Limet, R. (1996). Une cause parfois meconnue de lesions vasculaires: la maladie de Behcet. Revue Médicale de Liège, 51 (10), 639-46.

Sakalihasan, N., DEFRAIGNE, J., & Limet, R. (1996). Les traumatismes artériels thoraciques. Vaisseaux, Coeur, Poumons, 1 (3), 97-101.

Sakalihasan, N., Delvenne, P., Nusgens, B., Limet, R., & Lapiere, C. M. (1996). Activated forms of MMP2 and MMP9 in abdominal aortic aneurysms. Journal of Vascular Surgery, 24 (1), 127-33. doi:10.1016/S0741-5214(96)70153-2

VERLOES, A., Sakalihasan, N., Limet, R., & Koulischer, L. (1996). Genetic aspects of abdominal aortic aneurysm. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 800, 44-55. doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb33297.x

Desiron, Q., Detry, O., Sakalihasan, N., & Limet, R. (September 1995). Saphenous vein patch (SVP) is superior to direct closure (DC) for long-term patency of carotid endarterectomy (CEA). Cardiovascular Surgery, 3 (Suppl. 1), 44.

Defraigne, J.-O., SakalihasanN, N., DEMOULIN, J., & Limet, R. (1995). Successful abdominal aortic aneurysm resection in long-term survivors of cardiac transplantation. Cardiovascular Surgery, 3 (3), 321-4. doi:10.1016/0967-2109(95)93884-R

Desiron, Q., Detry, O., Sakalihasan, N., Defraigne, J.-O., & Limet, R. (1995). Isolated Atherosclerotic Aneurysms of the Iliac Arteries. Annals of Vascular Surgery, 9 (Suppl), 62-6. doi:10.1016/S0890-5096(06)60453-6

SakalihasanN, N., DELVENNE, P., Nusgens, B., Limet, R., & Lapière, C. (1995). Involvement of MMP2 and MMP9 in the development of abdominal aortic aneurysms. Cell Biology International, 19 (3), 250-51.

VERLOES, A., SakalihasanN, N., Koulischer, L., & Limet, R. (1995). Aneurysms of the abdominal aorta: familial and genetic aspects in three hundred thirteen pedigrees. Journal of Vascular Surgery, 21 (4), 646-55. doi:10.1016/S0741-5214(95)70196-6

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